Drill Press Table

This is the drill press table I just finished. Its 36” long and 18” deep. The table is made out of 3/4” cherry veneer plywood that I got for free from my uncle’s cabinet shop. It has a 4×4” sacrificial insert where I can place 1/2” MDF to drill into. I have two stop blocks made to slide in the T-tracks. I have also replaced the crummy plastic knobs on my drill press with turned knobs made of maple, walnut, and african mahogany. There is a cut out in the fence which allows for the turning of the handle to pass over the fence. There is also a second layer of plywood under the table that helps to stiffen the top and provide the screws holding the T-tracks in, extra wood to grab without blowing out the bottom. I finished the table with 2 coats of a tung oil/vanish and paste wax. I got the plans from a finewood working magazine I have, and only modified it slightly. Its been great to use so far and it makes drilling accurate holes a lot easier and faster. If anyone has there own drill press table I would like to see your designs and any jigs you have made to go with it.

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great looking drill press table. I’m working on one right now i,ll post it when i get finished with it .really like the knobs.very nice indeed.good ideal on the fence cut out i hadn’t got to my fence yet glad you posted it.I’m still new at this craft but learning every day .got to love the book of Colossians i like Galation too.but then i love all the word that Paul sure had a close walk with the lord. sorry got side tracked. great table.

Thanks for the comments. I look foward to seeing your table eddie, let me know when you post it. If I was you Dusty56 I would still make a drill press table, but perhaps downsize it since you do not have a lot of space. Even if its not much larger than the table you have on your drill press now, it will still be more useful than no table. I would look at at LeeValley or where ever you can buy T-tracks and base the size off of the length of track you get. My table uses one 3’ track for the fence and a 3’ track cut in half for each track on the table, for example.